Exposure to a farming environment has allergen-specific protective effects on T(H)2-dependent isotype switching in response to common inhalants (Publications)
exposure acts to protect against atopy. METHODS: Serum IgG1 to IgG4 and IgE to grass (rPhl p 1 and rPhl p 5), cat (rFel d 1), and mite (rDer p 2) were assessed by means of ELISA in the Allergy and Endotoxin study
Tissue integration of a new titanium-zirconium dental implant: a comparative histologic and radiographic study in the canine (Publications)
weeks), respectively. The mean BIC values peaked at 86.9% +/- 6.8% (8 weeks) for TiZr and at 83.4% +/- 5.9% (4 weeks) for Ti. No statistically significant differences were observed at any time point. CONCLUSION:
Functional assessment of the left atrium by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography using a novel dedicated analysis tool: initial validation... (Publications)
82, P < 0.001). LA(max) and LA(min) were lower by RT3DE than by CT (95.0 +/- 44.7 vs. 119.8 +/- 50.5 mL, P < 0.001 and 58.1 +/- 41.3 vs. 83.3 +/- 52.6 mL, P < 0.001, respectively), whereas LAEF was measured
Soil-transmitted helminth infection in South America: a systematic review and geostatistical meta-analysis (Publications)
Population-adjusted prevalence of infection with A lumbricoides was 15.6%, with T trichiura was 12.5%, and with hookworm was 11.9% from 2005 onwards. Risks of contracting soil-transmitted helminth infection
Challenging sleep homeostasis in narcolepsy-cataplexy: implications for non-REM and REM sleep regulation (Publications)
Process S were estimated from the time course of slow-wave activity (SWA, spectral power within 0.75-4.5 Hz) across consecutive NREMS episodes. SETTINGS: Sleep research laboratory. RESULTS: In baseline, SWA
Antibody isotype responses, infection and re-infection for <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> in a marshland area of China (Publications)
geometric mean (GM) intensity of infection before the implementation of curative chemotherapy were 28.5% and 234.4 epg, respectively, but 9 months after treatment the prevalence (6.6%) and intensity (38.3
Geostatistical modelling of the malaria risk in Mozambique: effect of the spatial resolution when using remotely-sensed imagery (Publications)
and Health survey carried out in 2011, which collected malaria parasitemia data on children from 0 to 5 years old, analysing them with a Bayesian geostatistical model. We compared the risk predicted using
Coverage, adherence and costs of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children employing different delivery strategies in Jasikan, Ghana (Publications)
first dose of all 4 courses was US$4.58 when IPTc was delivered by VHWs, US$4.93 by OPD nurses and US$ 5.65 by EPI nurses. The unit economic cost of receiving all 3 doses of all 4 courses was US$7.56 and US$8
Community knowledge, perceptions and attitudes regarding leprosy in rural Cameroon: the case of Ekondotiti and Mbonge health districts in the... (Publications)
the cause of leprosy, and a considerable proportion linked it to a spell (25.3%), unclean blood (15.5%) and heredity (14.6%). About 72% knew that leprosy is curable and 86.3% would advise medical treatment
The influence of gender and household headship on voluntary health insurance: the case of North-West Cameroon (Publications)
453]). Conversely, women's enrolment decision was primarily associated with their income levels (OR = 5.842 [CI 1.589-21.484]), as well as by the presence of children (OR = 3.734 [CI 1.228-11.348]). The influence